35
Bays of Nave 37
The "Patteson" Pulpit 38
The Nave--looking East 41
The Transept--looking North 45
Interior in the last century 49
The Choir Screen 51
The Choir--looking West 53
The Choir before Restoration 54
The Choir--looking East 57
The Sedilia 58
Pulpit in the Choir 60
St. James' Chapel 61
St. George's Chapel 62
The Lady Chapel 64
Bishop Bronscombe's Monument 66
Screen of St. Gabriel's Chapel 68
Tomb of Bishop Stapledon 72
Monument of Bishop Marshall 73
The East Gate (pulled down in 1784) 77
The Bishop's Palace 81
Old Houses in Fore Street 90
Rougemont Castle 93
The Guildhall, Exeter 94

PLAN OF THE CATHEDRAL _at end_

[Illustration: EXETER CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH.]

EXETER CATHEDRAL.

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY AND ST. PETER IN EXETER.

The history of any ancient cathedral must always be interesting, and
that of Exeter is no exception, though "it supplies less of
architectural history than those churches whose whole character has been
altered over and over again." A cathedral represents not only the
spiritual, but the active, laborious, and artistic life of past
generations. The bishop, too, was in many ways the head man of the
province, and combined, not seldom, the varied qualities of priest,
warrior, and statesman. The acts of such ecclesiastics were full of
importance, not for their own city only, but often also for the whole
nation. As men who had frequently travelled much and studied deeply,
they summoned to their aid in the building and beautifying of their
churches the most skille